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Video: Cristóbal Balenciaga in the spotlight

In this video, the YouTube channel 'The Museum at FIT' presents its Designer Spotlight series in which MFIT curators examine objects in the permanent collection that highlights the work of a specific designer and or contributions to fashion. This time it was Cristóbal Balenciaga's turn to be put in the spotlight. Watch the video below. Source:...

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3 fashion school museums you can visit virtually

While fashion students have transitioned to remote learning and museum exhibitions have been postponed, fashion schools’ museums from New York, California to Georgia have curated a number of online exhibitions to keep their communities inspired. Why not spend time on lockdown wisely and brush up on fashion knowledge through these free virtual...

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Museum at FIT announces exhibition on hip hop fashion

Hip hop will be on display at the Museum at FIT in 2023. The museum has announced that it will host a new exhibition entitled "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style" from February to April 2023 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the music genre. "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous" will present hip hop fashion and examine...

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FIT exhibit examines power of fashion entering 2020

Power Mode: The Force of Fashion, the new exhibit at the Museum at FIT heralds fashion’s warrior spirit to launch us into a year of a contentious reelection campaign, on the cusp of a new decade in which confronting the enemy of climate change will be the significant battle. Fashion can prepare each of us for our own personal daily reckonings...

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Museum at FIT opens Power Mode: The Force of Fashion exhibition

The Museum at FIT is exploring the power of fashion in a new exhibition. Opening today, December 10, Power Mode: The Force of Fashion offers visitors a look into the many roles fashion can play in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging power dynamics within society. "The force of fashion is symbolic. It is social. It is related to political...